[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924) › c18.151 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.151 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.151 - **Language:** English ### [c18.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.151) Chānakya's code not only authorized judicial torture and the capital penalty for petty offences, but also prescribed mutilation in numerous cases. - [Previous: c18.150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.150) - [Next: c18.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.152) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c18.151) · Pramāṇa